by Nicola Gardini

Although little visited, the monastery of Fonte Avellana, in the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region, is one of the most prominent literary places in the world. It was in fact celebrated in the Divine Comedy.

If it is not as popular as the churches of Gubbio, just a few dozen kilometers away, or the hermitage of Camaldoli in Tuscany, that manages it, it is most likely because it is hidden in the woods of Mount Catria, far from inhabited centers and industrial warehouses. Perhaps the poet Dante mentioned it the twenty-first Canto of his Paradise, where he meets St. Peter Damian, who tells him about his life, referring to Fonte Avellana. I was a guest at Fonte Avellana for a few days.

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Fonte: Italy24